Hey, so, I was hoping someone could break down the strategy or rationale behind team Biden’s current messaging? Cards on the table, I plan on voting for him in the general election and primary, but the Biden camp’s messaging seems insane to me. I know a single person irl who’s doing well financially right now, everyone else is feeling the pain. The messaging so far seems to be (and please correct me if I’m wrong): everything is fine actually, and we should all be praising him, and it doesn’t matter if you disagree because the other guy is Hitler. It just comes across as super disconnected, I don’t know any IRL left/Dem voters that resonate with it, and it honestly reminds me of the general vibe of the HRC campaign from 16. This election is too important to fuck up, so this messaging has got me concerned. Can someone explain how this is supposed to win Biden the election?
I wish they’d talk more about these policies and their effects instead of just saying “wow, the economy is great, you guys”, but another commentor pointed out that that’s give the republicans something to attack.
The White House main page lists their larger policies that have had the effects we’re talking about, the White House has released large press statements and articles are written about each beneficial act that has been legislated, there are countless third party articles about those policies, but a flood of misinformation and misleading articles from the conservatives might distract you from these truly impressive policy achievements.
With the equivocation and misrepresentation of policy achievements that conservatives are trying to spew as far and wide as possible, it’s easy for the casual or unwary American newsreader to become incorrectly convinced that 10 opinion pieces have equal merit as the practical real world effects of these policies.
It’s also important to note that the achievements we’re taking about are complex policies that positively affect millions or hundreds of millions of people in myriad ways and not as simply comprehended or recalled as the reportings of the new hourly or quarterly update of any one of the inarguably positive economic statistics everybody is asking the White House about.
They are getting the word out, and you have to be critical of the news landscape so that an empty, opinionated hit piece doesn’t denigrate or carry the same weight as the practical, concrete achievements made by the Biden administration.